The Asian Institute of Technology paid its final respects to former AIT President Prof. Alastair M. North O.B.E. as a large community on the evening of 10 July 2020, when it hosted a religious rites ceremony to pay tribute to his beloved memory. Prof.

Message to AIT Community: Sent on behalf of AIT President Dr. Eden Woon

Dear AIT Family,

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing away of former AIT President Professor Alastair Macarthur North.

AIT’s Artificial Intelligence Center is now a key part of the “Rama 4 Model” project, the latest effort to tackle traffic congestion in Bangkok. Scientists are applying Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) to analyze and alleviate the traffic problem on a 12-kilometer section of Rama IV Road, one of the busiest routes in Bangkok, stretching across the capital’s business districts from Hua Lamphong to Phra Khanong districts.

To get ready for the launch of the AIT Master’s in Marine Plastics Abatement (MPA) program this Fall Semester, researchers and partners from the project on June 29 conducted a seaside field survey in Rayong province, Thailand.

The Asian Institute of Technology has joined with Siam Commercial Bank and the Digital Economy Promotion Agency (depa) of Thailand to launch a “Data Analytics for Upskilling” program with the objective of developing personnel skills related to data analytics in the labor market in the face of ‘new normal’ challenges.

AIT President Dr. Eden Woon has announced the appointment of Prof. Shobhakar Dhakal as the new Dean of the AIT School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD) starting from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2022.

A Nepal national, Professor Dhakal has been a faculty member of the School of Environment, Resources and Development since 2012. He earned his PhD from The University of Tokyo, Japan in 2000 and was a Special Graduate Student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States in 1999. Prior to this, he earned his M.Engg from the Asian Institute of Technology in 1996 and B.Engg from the National Institute of Technology, Surat in India in 1993.

As the Dean, he will lead the School and all its activities and is accountable to the President for the delivery of all education, research, consultancy and outreach activities of the School, as well as marketing and promotional activities, and for the internal management of the School.

June 30, 2020

Since January of this year, the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis has spread across the world. By the end of June, the situation was very good in Thailand, but there are places around the world, including several of the countries where our AIT students, faculty, and staff come from, which are still heavily affected.

26 June 2020

Dear AIT Family:

The AIT Campus will re-open on 1 July. In the past few months, due to the gradually implemented strict measures and the vigilance of the entire community, our campus has stayed safe from Covid-19, and academic instructions went on without delay.

President Eden Woon was the feature speaker at an international webinar organized by AIT on the topic of Internationalization in the Post-COVID-19 Era. The virtual event on June 16 was the fourth part of the “Thriving after Massive Global Disruption: A Global Thought Leadership Series” hosted by the University of Strathclyde in the United Kingdom.

AIT President Dr. Eden Woon on June 9, 2020 presented a humanitarian donation of 160 sets of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and 1200 N95 Face Masks to Thammasat University Hospital, made possible by its Chinese partner Deep Rock Company, a Shenzhen Enterprise.